Stage Name: JB
Real Name: Im Jae Bum
Nicknames: Jaebongi or father
Birthdate: January 6, 1994
Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Face of the Group
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 66 kg
Education: Geonguk University – Film major
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Watching movies, taking pictures, traveling, eating at restaurants
Specialties: B-Boying
Trivia:
– He is a member of sub-unit JJ Project (formed by JYPEnt.) alongside current member Jr.
-Debuted as an actor in KBS2′s “Dream High” in 2012
- Favorite food is bbudijiggae (Korean stew), especially soondubujiggae (soft spicy tofu stew).
- His ideal type is a cute girl who catches his attention
- His favorite musicians are D’angelo, India Arie, Javier, and Michael Jackson
- He was one of the cast members on the first season of The Romantic & Idol, where he paired up with Rainbow’s Seungah and FIESTAR’s Jei on the show
- Became a JYP trainee in 2009 after winning 1st place at a JYP Open Audition, which he tied with Jr. in
- Was a supporting actor in MBC’s “When a Man Falls In Love”
- Can sometimes appear as “cold” or “tough” to strangers
- Shares one bed in the same room as Youngjae at the dorm
- Can speak Japanese
- Is sometimes called harabuji (a grandpa) because of his calmness, his placid facial expressions, and his ability to make his voice sound like an old man’s
- Admits to being the most difficult member when it comes to acting cute or doing aegyo
Stage Name: Mark
Real Name: Tuan Yi-En
English Name: Mark Tuan
Nickname: Dimsum
Birthdate: September 4, 1993
Position: Main Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist, Visual
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Education: Arcadia High School – 10th grade certificate
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Skateboarding and snow boarding
Specialties: Martial arts tricking
Trivia:
- His favorite food is anything with meat, especially hamburgers
- His favorite musicians are Chris Brown, Drake, Tyga, Kanye West and ASAP Rocky
- He loves hip-hop music
- His dorming partner is Jackson
- He is 100% Chinese (can speak Cantonese) and is fluent in English
- He originates from Los Angeles, California USA
- His father (AKA Papa Tuan AKA Raymond Tuan) has his own twitter account @linbea945 where he likes to troll on Mark’s fans and anti-fans alike
- His ideal type is a woman who makes him want to always be with her and think of her
- According to his sister, he is shy, quiet, and reserved at first, but when you get to know him he’ll start to open up more
- He lived in Brazil and Paraguay for a couple of years
- He used to be able to speak Portuguese, but has since then forgotten most of the language
- He has a “baby face” according to others
- He wishes to be like Kanye West, who performs “cool music” and has great fashion sense
- He trained under JYPEnt. for about three and a half years
- Back in 2011 while still being trained, he shot a CF for KT Olleh
- His ideal solo concert would be about rap
Stage Name: Jackson
Real Name: Wang Ka-Yee
English Name: Jackson Wang
Nicknames: Mandu or “Wild & Sexy Jackson”
Birthdate: March 28, 1994
Position: Lead Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Education: American International School in Hong Kong – Completed up to the 11th grade
Blood Type: O
Hobbies: Dancing, rapping, and beat-boxing
Specialties: Fencing
Trivia:
- His ideal type is a “healthy and attractive woman”
- His favorite foods are chocolate, Dim Sum (a mainly Vietnamese/Chinese style of serving bite-size portions of food, similar to tapas in Hispanic culture), carbonara (an Italian pasta), chicken, and hamburgers
- His favorite musicians are Dr. Dre and G-Unit (50cent and Lloyd Banks)
- He is 100% Chinese and speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, French, and English fluently
- He is the most outgoing and sassiest out of all the other members
- Was a former member of the Fencing National Team in Hong Kong, where he won 1st place in the Asia Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship in 2011
- He has been fencing since the age of ten
- He led his fencing team to the 2010 National Youth Olympics, but lost
- He trained under JYPEnt. for about two and a half years
- He has been living in Korea for almost three years now
- His father, Wang Rui-ji, was a former coach of the Hong Kong National Fencing Team
- His mother, Zhou Ping, is a gold medalist at the World Gymnastics Championship
- His ideal solo concert would be where he performs his own self-composed and produced song while rapping and beat-boxing
